Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has thanked Senate President, Bukola Saraki for not taking advantage of power vacuum that existed prior to the inauguration at about 10:30am on Wednesday.
He jokingly explained that there was a vacuum in power few minutes to President Muhammadu Buhari’s inauguration but that Saraki did not try anything funny.
Osinbajo said: “Something interesting happened earlier today; I am a lawyer and a law teacher and I like to test and interrogate legal scenarios. “At one minute past midnight today, the four year term of the President and I ended by effluxion of time. So, from one minute past 12 of last night, May 29 to about 10:30 am when we were sworn in for a second term there was no President or Vice President. “Interestingly nothing went wrong, all was okay; when such a situation arises, it is the Senate President who acts as President. So, when I arrived at Eagle Square this morning, some may have noticed that the Senate President and I were enjoying a joke. “He said to me jokingly `you better be careful you know I am the acting President now’; so, we thank the Senate President for not doing anything funny.’’
The Executive and the Legislature did not enjoy a good relationship in the last administration as many appointments and the financial budgets suffered delayed due to the bickering.